Have you recently been told that you absolutely must get joint replacement surgery? Dr. Derek Amanatullah of Stanford University discusses frequently asked questions regarding the necessity of joint replacements, under what circumstances a patient really needs a joint...
Cement-in-cement revision total hip arthroplasty is a process by which a surgeon removes the femoral component of an original hip replacement from its cement mantle and replaces it with a cemented femoral component into the same cement mantle. A phenomenally powerful...
The epidemic of obesity continues to plague the American public. According to recent studies and projections by 2050 the entire US populace will be overweight or obese. Numerous studies in the field of orthopaedic surgery have found that patients who are obese prior...
More and more surgeons are opting to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for total hip replacements (THR). MIS is not simply defined by the size of the incision; rather it attempts to reduced damage to all of the soft tissues. Patients’ demand is the...
Recently, Dr. Derek F. Amanatullah wrote for the book, Advanced Reconstruction, by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In it, he and his coauthor Dr. Michael J. Taunton discuss specific problems related to modular taper corrosion that can arise after a hip...
